Rating: 3 stars

Gin Blanco, formerly known as Spider, has retired from the assassin business and enjoys spending her days cooking at the Pork Pit that was willed down to her from her mentor and adopted father, Fletcher, after he was tortured and killed

Gin, who is also skilled as an elemental (one who has control over certain elements), got her revenge and has no remorse or regrets in snuffing out those lives of those who bring terror to the city of Ashland.

One of the biggest concerns Gin has at the moment is finding her sister and keeping an eye on Mab Monroe, a very high ranking and powerful elemental who runs the Ashland underworld. Mab may have had a part in killing Gin's family and leaving her for dead when she was barely out of her teens.

Gin lives for payback, and when the time is right, she will strike. But real life problems end up at her door when two spoiled, rich Daddy's boys come into The Pork Pit and try to rob it. Gin is able to take control of the situation, but is now Jonah McAllister’s radar, Ashland's most successful lawyer and personal counsel to Mab. Jake, McAllister’s son, was one of the perpetrators who tried to steal from Gin and she now has become a target because she won't be paid off.

Gin longs to hide in the shadows, but she can't. Violet Fox has been marked for death and went to Gin for protection. Violet’s grandfather Warren and Fletcher used to be friends and now Tobias Dawson, a dwarf who has a cowboy boot fetish will do whatever he can to steal the land that Warren's store is on.

Gin comes out of retirement not only to take on Tobias, but also McAllister, who is willing to get rid of Gin by any means necessary.

Web of Lies is the second book in Jennifer Estep's Elemental Assassin series about a heroine who walks a fine line with her morals. I have to give Jennifer a lot of credit for creating a character such as Gin, who makes no excuses for her actions. This is no weeping violet, too-stupid-to-live heroine. Gin Blanco is a nice breath of fresh air that I wish was more emulated in the books I read.

Jennifer Estep has really hit the high marks again with Web of Lies. I wait for the next installment with Gin and her band of outcasts who right the wrongs of those innocent people who have no where else to turn.
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Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Pocket; 1 edition (May 25, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1439147993